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Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:32 am
by Brutus Frank
Easy fix: just move to either of the Twin Paradises that are NY and California

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:51 am
by cxwx

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:05 pm
by cxwx

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:22 am
by Hunter
Wendy's Is Introducing Uber-Style 'Surge Pricing'

Not their fault if you can't afford to eat lunch at lunchtime any longer, maybe try 3pm instead.

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:11 am
by Brutus Frank
If you are eating Wendy's maybe you deserve what you get.

(Laughs in meal prep and 12ft deep freeze)

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:25 am
by Brutus Frank
Man gang-raped in jail because AI misidentified him, charges dropped immediately after release

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akekk/ ... it-alleges

Edit: even if this has already been posted, it deserves a second post

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:12 pm
by Brutus Frank
https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/08/ai-robot ... -20428880/

AI robot sparks outrage after ‘groping’ reporter during live interview

They named the fucking robot Mohammad

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:50 pm
by cxwx

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:14 pm
by Brutus Frank
Easy fix: tax social media out of existence

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:37 am
by Necrometer


the audio is how you really know there's no hope for humanity

you can buy this thing for like $10k - saved you a click, ray

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Sat May 18, 2024 12:22 pm
by Brutus Frank

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 9:32 am
by Necrometer


this is interminable but it’s so awesome

you’ve gotta be about as smart/informed as a 3rd grader to think this could work

but I’m sure there are billionaires dumb (or demented!) enough to pony up the cash

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 8:50 am
by Brutus Frank

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 3:14 pm
by featherboa
who thought ripping off head animations and gross sounds would be good in an ad?

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 3:17 pm
by featherboa
oh neat they rip off your face too

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 3:24 pm
by Geeheeb
I recently worked on a project at work to automate notifications of patient cardiac death to Gift of Life, which will hopefully increase the ease and speed of organ donation which can ideally help more people. One organ donor can save up to 8 lives ... or I guess one rich asshole now...

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 3:38 pm
by Brutus Frank
Ah yes, the organ donor list: the DNR for people who can't afford a lawyer to draw up a DNR and best way to have the ambulance take the long way back to the hospital. Rich people sure need those organs because they want to live forever regardless of their personal choices.

Fucking ghoulish

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 7:47 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
I'm an organ donor but all of mine are so bad now that ethically i should probably remove myself from the list

I'm a bag full of booby traps

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 8:52 pm
by Geeheeb
Brutus Frank wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 3:38 pm Ah yes, the organ donor list: the DNR for people who can't afford a lawyer to draw up a DNR and best way to have the ambulance take the long way back to the hospital. Rich people sure need those organs because they want to live forever regardless of their personal choices.

Fucking ghoulish
I’m not exactly certain of what you are trying to say here but patients do not need a lawyer to express their preference against lifesaving measures. It’s simple conversation that happens after you are admitted to the hospital not something that happens before the ambulance ride.

EMTs responding to a call don’t check for organ donation status, and hospital staff absolutely don’t know or take that into account when providing care.

Some of my patients are convicted felons, and even that didn’t change the way I would care for them … there is a spot in the health record to tell me their preferred pronouns, which is relevant for care - but no spot to show organ donor status because that only becomes relevant after they are pronounced and per law gift of life is notified.

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Wed May 29, 2024 9:13 pm
by Eight Bit Alien
What if the pronouns are DNR/Him

Re: reminders of encroaching dystopia

Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 5:54 am
by postaddiction
Eight Bit Alien wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 7:47 pm I'm an organ donor but all of mine are so bad now that ethically i should probably remove myself from the list

I'm a bag full of booby traps
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